Got a couple of calls from Bob this afternoon. We had a couple of interruptions but we spoke for about 20 minutes or so in all.

I have tears in my eyes. Bob is really, really scared. He told me, "I'm am really afraid that I am going to die."

He had his heart checked last week and a cat scan done Tuesday. He gets the results of those tests tomorrow and promised me that he would call again.

He told me "I want you to say hi to everyone for me and I want you to tell them that I care and that I wish them all the best."

He was in the hospital last week when those that travelled to Pittsburgh for BoboFest II were there. He really appreciates the poster and felt very badly that he wasn't at home when Goliath stopped by with it.

There is no better time than right now to pray for Bob and the O'Brien family.

I am so very, very sorry that he is having to face his current emotional and physical pain. He is a good man and he deserves better.

____________________Never let the truth get in the way of a good story.

Thanks for the update coot. It's heartbreaking to hear about the pain that Bobo and family are facing. Continued prayers and thoughts going out to this man who is a champion and to his family. Stay strong, Bob, stay golden.

____________________"Come on down to the Mermaid Cafe and I will buy you a bottle of wine, and we'll laugh and toast to nothing and smash our empty glasses down..."

Thank you coot. Not the news that we wanted to hear and I know it's hard for you to have to deliver it. Thoughts, prayers and so very much love to you Bob, and to your girls. You are a dear friend and a true inspiration. I love you.

And even today, although he was more distraught than I'd ever heard him (and it's completely understandable) he wanted folks here to know that he was thinking of them and that he cares about us.

He is really concerned not only for himself but very much so for Cami and Denise too.

I can't put into words how miserable I feel that someone as kind and compassionate and loving a person as Bob is having to go through the emotional distress that he is. He even said at one point that the emotional element is as much or more painful than the physical element.

This is all so horribly unfair.

____________________Never let the truth get in the way of a good story.

Thanks so much for the update. I think we really need to be praying for acceptance and peace for the O'Biren family, and for ourselves as well. Sometimes bad things happen to good people, and we just can't see why or what good could possibly come from it. But Bob is a good man, and no matter what happens I think it will all turn out OK in the end.

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